Agesilaus had such reverence for religion,
 that even his enemies considered his oaths and his treaties more to be
 relied on than their own friendship with one another: for there were times
 when they shrank from meeting together, The
 text here is quite uncertain: there is a gap in the manuscripts after
 φιλίαν . and yet would
 place themselves in the power of Agesilaus. And lest anyone should think
 this statement incredible, I wish to name the most famous among them.
 Spithridates the Persian, for example, knew that Pharnabazus was negotiating for a marriage with the Great King’s daughter,
 and intended to take his, Spithridates’, daughter as a concubine.
 Regarding this as an outrage, he delivered himself, his wife, his
 children and all that he had into Agesilaus’ hands. Cotys, ruler of the
 Paphlagonians, who had disobeyed